Outlines and References: The French Revolution and Its Influence in Europe During the Nineteenth Century

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F. Wood, 1893 - 57 trang
 

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Trang 47 - Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be based only upon public utility. 2. The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
Trang 47 - Law is the expression of the general will. All citizens have the right to take part personally or by their representatives in its formation. It must be the same for all, whether it protects or punishes.
Trang 47 - The representatives of the people," said the framers of it, "constituted as a national assembly, considering that ignorance, forgetfulness, or contempt of the rights of man, are the only causes of public misfortunes and the corruption of governments, have resolved to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of man.
Trang 47 - Assembly recognizes and declares, in the presence and under the auspices of the Supreme Being, the following rights of man and citizen : "1.
Trang 49 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the most precious rights of man...
Trang 53 - Council before it, in whole or in part, when it is thought necessary. OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND MUNICIPAL BODIES. 78. There shall be a municipal administration in each commune of the Republic, and in each district an intermediate administration, and in each department a central administration. 79. The municipal officers are chosen by the assemblies of the commune. 80. The administrators are chosen by the electoral assemblies of the departments and of the districts.
Trang 49 - OF THE REPUBLIC 1. The French Republic is one and indivisible. OF THE DIVISION OF THE PEOPLE 2. The French people is, for the purpose of exercising its sovereignty, divided into primary assemblies according to cantons. 3. For the purpose of administration and justice, it is divided into departments, districts, and municipalities. OF THE RIGHT OF CITIZENSHIP 4. Every man born and living in France, of twenty-one years of age, and every alien, who has attained the age of twenty-one, and has been...
Trang 49 - Property belongs to both sexes whether united or separate; for each it is an inviolable and sacred right; no one can be deprived of it...
Trang 49 - ... and municipalities. OF THE RIGHT OF CITIZENSHIP. 4. Every man born and living in France, of twenty-one years of age, and every alien who has attained the age of twenty-one, and has been domiciled in France one year, and lives from his labor, or has acquired property, or has adopted a child, or supports an aged man ; and, finally, every alien whom the Legislative Body has declared as one well deserving of the human race, are admitted to exercise the rights of a French citizen. 5 . The right of...
Trang 49 - The guarantee of the rights of man and citizen requires a public force; this force then is instituted for the advantage of all and not for the personal benefit of those to whom it is entrusted. 13. For the maintenance of the public force and for the expenses of administration a general tax is indispensable; it ought to be equally apportioned among all the citizens according to their means. 14. All the citizens have the right to...

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